Display box



A. L. Y NG.

DISPLA BOX.

Patented Oct. 3,1922.

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em ir a a n1 In Lg all h a 1L. the an T "i" r re hit it ARTHUR L. YOUNG,OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO YOUNG BROTHERS, 0F PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed May 5, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. Yonve, a citizen of the United States.residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display Boxes. ofwhich the tl ollowing is a specification,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in displayboxes, and pertains more particularly to boxes of this type used for thepurpose of displaying jewelry, cosmetics and the like, though obviouslyapplicable to other articles.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a box of thischaracter which involves merely a body and a pivoted or hinged lid, thelid being formed to lie at an incline and disposed to project partlywithin and partly without the box, and at the same time being movable toform a complete closure for the box.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of this type orcharacter which can be economically produced and which involves aminimum of material and parts.

Further and other objects will be later set forth and manifested in thecourse of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in vention in display position;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view with the parts in closedposition; and

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention a box body 1 isemployed, which is formed with a stationary part 2, the latter extendingover the rear end of the box. and between the sides thereof. This partmay be secured in stationary position in. any suitable manner, andoccupies but a. small part of the top of the box body or in other wordsextends but a short distance from the rear end of the box body towardthe front end thereof. A combined closure and article holder or carrier3 is employed which latter has sides and ends a and 5 respectivelycarried by the top member 6.

The stationary part 2 extends at its sides and rear end slightly beyondthe sides and rear end of the box body and a corresponding but movablepart 7 is employed which Serial No. 466,91 7.

with the part 2 forms a con'iplete closure for the box body top, whenpart '7 is in lowered or closed position.

The part 7 is secured to the front or outer end part of the top member 6so that the rear or inner end of the top member 6 projects beyond theinner end of the part '7. The part 7 has its front or outer end and. its

sides extending beyond the front or outer end 5 and the side flanges atto an extent equal to the extension of the sides and end of thestationary part 2, so that the parts '7 and 2 preserve or present asymmetrical appearance.

For the purpose of hingedly connecting the member 7 to the part 2, apiece of fabric 8 is employed suitably secured, as by adhesive, to theinner face of part 2 and likewise secured between the parts 6 and 7, asdepicted in Figure 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the rear end of the cover member6. will, when the cover is in closed position lie beneath and beconcealed by the stationary part 2. This part 2- also serves to supportthe cover when the latter is in display position, and in such position,it will be apparent that the cover projects partly within and partlywithout the box body and has an inclined disposition.

l/Vhen the cover is in closed position the box has the same generalappearance of an ordinary box and can be used to hold the article orarticles to be displayed, and can be placed when so closed either in theposition of Figures 2 or 3, or can be inverted so that the body 1 restsor seats upon the supporting surface.

As shown in Figure 1, when the box is in display position, the outer endof member 7 and the outer end of part 2 rest or seat upon the supportingsurface, to thus sup port the box in the position of Figure 1, in whichboth the box and the movable cover are at an incline to the supportingsurface, holding the article which is placed on or in the cover member 6and between the flanges J and 5 thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is t 1. In a box, a body having a stationarycover part at the rear end thereof, a movable cover part having side andend flanges receivable in the body, a hinge member se cured one end tothe inner tace ot the stationary part and secured at its opposite end tothe outer face of the cover part at points between the ends of themovable cover part so that when the latter is in closed position therear end thereof will abut and lie opposite to the inner face of thestationary part, and a member secured. to the outer tace ot the movablecover part and extending over the said opposite end of the hinge memberand engageable with the free edges of the opposite end of the body andwith the free edges of the sides of the latter beyond the stationarycover part.

2. In a box, a body consisting of a bottom, sides and closed ends, astationary cover part at one end of the box connected to the said endand to the adjacent parts of the sides, a movable cover having a top,sides and an end and being of substantially the same length as thelength of the body and having its sides and end receivable between thesides and ends respectively of the body, and means to hinge the top ofthe cover at points intermediate its ends to the stationary cover part,the cover being swingable about said hinging means into and out of thebody and having its swinging movement into the box limited by theengagement of the adjacent end of the top with the under face of thestationary part.

3. In a box, a body having a bottom, sides and closed ends, a stationarycover part at one end of the body, a cover having a bottom, sides and anend, and means to hingedly connect the cover at points between its endsto the stationary cover part so as to allow the sides and end of thecover to swing into the body to lie between the sides and closed ends ofthe latter, the inner end of the cover bottom being disposed beneath thestationary cover part when the parts are in closed position, the bottomof the cover having outwardly projecting side and end parts which engagewith the tree edges of the sides and end of the body beyond thestationary cover part.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR L. YOUNG.

\Vitnesses MARION A. KINGSLEY, J. A. MILLER.

